Reading journals - O What Is That Sound

• the poem is a quatrain ballad which is set in the 19th century with a rhyming scheme of A, B, A, B
• it is a conversation between two people/call and response question and answer. the conversation is between a husband and wife
• wonder why the question mark is missing from the title even though it's still a question
• the tone of the poem changed in stanza seven, suggests time is catching up 
• repeated of the onomatopoeia noises suggests a beating of a drum
• the juxtaposition between the letter 'O' and 'only'
• each of the stanza develops times which drives the narrative 
• the mood throughout changes which links into the foreshadowing events
• the poem itself is all happening in the present yet its' been set in the past
• the poem has been set too look old to emphasise the imagery and sound
• speech is used throughout the poem too 
• maybe it's about death, or the army forces 
• the letter of the 'O' is always at the start of each stanza